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Explore Stack InternalOne method I use is to build a more complex macro name that has a practically zero chance of colliding with other names. This could be built from the following components:
Example:
#if !defined MYPROJECT_FOO_HPP_9E72F091C4A833D7MYPROJECT_MYNAMESPACE_FOO_HPP_9E72F091C4A833D7 #define ... Overkill? Yes. Easy to do? Yes. Has such an infinitesimally small chance of a collision that I can write and forget about it? Yes.
One method I use is to build a more complex macro name that has a practically zero chance of colliding with other names. This could be built from the following components:
Example:
#if !defined MYPROJECT_FOO_HPP_9E72F091C4A833D7 #define ... Overkill? Yes. Easy to do? Yes. Has such an infinitesimally small chance of a collision that I can write and forget about it? Yes.
One method I use is to build a more complex macro name that has a practically zero chance of colliding with other names. This could be built from the following components:
Example:
#if !defined MYPROJECT_MYNAMESPACE_FOO_HPP_9E72F091C4A833D7 #define ... Overkill? Yes. Easy to do? Yes. Has such an infinitesimally small chance of a collision that I can write and forget about it? Yes.
One method I use is to build a more complex macro name that has a practically zero chance of colliding with other names. This could be built from the following components:
Example:
#if !defined MYPROJECT_FOO_HPP_9E72F091C4A833D7 #define ... Overkill? Yes. Easy to do? Yes. Has such an infinitesimally small chance of a collision that I can write and forget about it? Yes.